The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Now that the Session has been concluded, and many Members must necessarily return to the country among their constituents, it is a matter of curious and not altoge ther unprofitable speculation to consider in what way some of the Tory representatives will meet those who were cha ritable enough to end them into the House of Commons. It is a novelty with these gentlemen to be expected to give any account of themselves ; formerly they either had no con stituents at all, or as good as none, for nobody,thought that a Tory Member of Parliament was responsible for his votes ; but the Reform Act has wrought such a general change in this respect, that even electors of a strongly Conservative turn of mind begin to follow the example of Liberal consti tuencies, and entertain a sort of expectation that the Mem ber they have chosen will favour them, in due time, with a brief sketch of what he has done, and of the motives by which he has been actuated. Here the reader will be good enough to let his mind revert to a period at least ten zionths ago, about a fortnight before the two Houses assembled, in November last, for the dispatch of busi ness. What was then the state of parties, and what were the anticipations industriously encouraged by all who were hostile to those Ministers who were selected by her Ma jesty for the direction of public affairs in the commence ment of her reign ? A general election had taken place in the summer, and it was thought by the most impartial observers that votes on each side in the House of Com mons were not very far from a balance. The Tories, in deed, at first insisted that they had the majority,. but as as the day of meeting drew near they began to give out hat the Ministers had just the advantage, but only by a few Irish Members, while they were still so weak that after less than a month's struggle they must inevitably relinquish office. Was the prophecy fulfilled ? All the hopes the Tory newspapers had held out, reliance upon which Tory Members had promoted by speeches on the hustings and by printed addresses, were utterly and ludicrously disappointed. The Session opened with a Whig Administration , it has closed with a Whig Adminis tration ; and the Tories are notoriously, and by their own confession, further from power pow than at any pe riod since the memorable hundred days of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington. Well, then, when Tory Members happen once more to find themselves in the midst of their constitunts, as they may do in a very few days, they must attempt some explanation or other of this, to them, melancholy condition of affairs. They will be sadly put to it, but your true Tory is a very confident as well as obstinate animal, and it is not a little will deter him ; and though he may find that some of those who voted for him, discovering at length that they have gone on the wrong side, are now disposed to change for the right, lie will put a good face upon it, and do his best to convince the incredulous that he has not been in fault ; if the worst come to the worst, he can tell them that, if the Whigs are not out of office, they ought to have been. First he will say that in fact the Opposition Members of Parliament have governed the country, and that the only real differ ence is, that whereas in former times the Ministers used to sit on the right hand 'of the Speaker, they now sit on his left. Here an inconvenient question may be interposed by some expectant Tory exciseman or Custom-house officer, to whom an appointment had been promised in case the Ponservatives were rein stated : he may ask whether the Opposition who so govern the country have the disposal of places in any of the public departments ? To this inquiry the Tory representative must necessarily answer in the negative, because if he did not it might be followed by even a more inconvenient in terrogatory. It is true, he will say, that the Whigs still keep possession of the offices in Downing -street and White hall in spite of the Opposition, and, moreover, that they receive all the emoluments of office; but he will add, that the Members of the Opposition, who govern the country, are the most disinterested and magnanimous beings in the world, and that as the poor Whigs want the money which they are paid quarterly, they are generously allowed to receive and pocket it. The Tory Member whose case we are supposing may very fairly calculate upon the enlarged gullibility of his Conservative auditory, but we have serious doubts whether the expectant Tory exciseman or Custom-house officer will be quite satified with this ingenious explanation. Indeed, we hesitate to believe that the individual giving it is in his heart a jot better satisfied than his place-promised supporter. But if this do not answer his purpose, the Tory representative may go farther, and assign a reason which has, more than once during the last nine months, been publicly given in their places by Tory Members for actually voting in favour of a Whig Administration. They told the country that they could not help supporting particular measures because they were Conservative. In the same way the Tory Member, who is attempting to explain to his constituents why the Whigs continue in office, and in the receipt of the fruits of office, may allege that most of the Bills they introduce were, in the true and enlarged sense of the word, Conservative. If they were not as really Conservative as a Liberal Government, wishing well to the great institutions of the country, de sired, the fault wits in the Tories. Tike, for instance, the Irish Tithe Bill : the Tories would not permit the intro duction of a clause which, by rendering the Protestant Church of Ireland less objectionable to the Roman Catho lics, might render them less eager to overthrow it. Again, the Irish Poor-law was a strictly Conservative measure ; and the whole administration of the affairs of Ireland by the Marquis of Normaoby has been eminently Conservative. He has given the Roman Catholics what they never had before-- - t motive for pr serving tranquillity, and for pay ing obedience to the laws, because they find tranquility and obedience productive of prosperity and happiness. The comparatively few measures Ministers have been able to bring forward relating to Great Britain have been of the same character—all strictly Conservative, while the foreign policy of the country has been directed to maintain our own rights and interests, without intermeddling need lessly with the rights and interests of other nations. Therefore a Tory Member may very properly tell his particular friends and supporters, consistently with his first allegation regarding the supposed power of the Opposition, that really and truly the Whigs, formerly denounced as Destructives, are after all nothing but Conservatives, and that they did not give their enemies any of the opportunities of attack which those enemies at the opening of the late campaign had ardently hoped to enjoy. Upon some points the so-called Conservatives went far beyond the Liberals in their " zeal to destroy," for not long since they were for exterminat ing all the Irish Corporations, and even now they resist the reform of them, as if they wished them to fall by the mere effect of internal corruption and decay. Thus the Session has been one of severe vexation and disappoint ment to the Tories, for not only has the Whig Govern ment been gradually gaining solidity and firmness in the House of Commons, but it has acquired throughout the country the reluctant confidence of many who a year ago looked upon it with distrust, and even with terror. Those who, in the vacation, will have to employ them selves in accounting for not having fulfilled their promise of turning out the present Ministers, will be compelled to admit that the utmost they could accomplish was the establishment of what the Tories are pleased to call a Government Opposition, or an Opposition Government. Long may it continue established !—Morning Chronicle. The circumstance of Mr. Grote having on Wednesday night carried his motion compelling the Factory Inspectors to make certain inquiries and returns in rgard to the edu cation of the labouring children under their supervision, induces us to publish in another column an interesting re port upon the same subject, drawn up by Mr. J. T. Rey nolds, Honorary Secretary di the Home and Colonial In fant School Society. Amonfik many evasions of the pro fessedly protective Act undeP which the injuries of these helpless beings seem rather to be increased than mitigated, it appears that in many cases the school clauses are almost reduced to a dead letter. Having put himself to the trouble and expense of visiting the principal manufacturing esta blishments in Lancashire, for the twofold purpose of ascer taining—first, the actual state of education among the youthful operatives, and then the :local encouragement that might be counted on for the introduction of infant seminaries, Mr. Reynolds declares, as an im partial observer, that the provisions of the existing Factory Act are, in most cases, entirely abandoned ; that, unless the better disposed manufacturers followed the unlawful example of their less scrupulous neighbours in employing children under the proper age, and in working them beyond the statutory hou rs , they could not , the com pete with their rivals in th e market ; that h children were tottering to the manufactories one poorlegs scarcely able to support them, as ignorant a n d un i n f ormed for every purpose of good as when they first entered the world ;" that it is alike the interest of parents to deceive, and of employers to wink at such deception, in regard to the ages of their infant victims, who (says Mr. Reynolds) "do go to work before 9, and, I may safely add, before 8 —nay, in many cases, as early as 7 ;" and that as far as concerns the education of factory . families, the national schools, as well as those of the British and Foreign Society, " have entirely failed—in most instances, they are not half full, and when, from the efficiency of the master or mistress,or from the activity of the Managing Committee, an attendance has been procured, it will invariably be found that the older children are not the children of factory labourers, but of little tradesmen and the more respectable mechanics, who could well afford to pay the ordinary school charges." The reason why the children of factory operatives are sel dom to be found in such schools is given by one of the parents in the following terms:— . When work isbrisk, I can get 2s. or 35. a week for my child's labour; and when work is not brisk, ! cannot afford to pay for his schooling —it is enough then if I can keep myself." While it thus aPpeiirs that a from the sordid counterac tives engendered by the present execrable factory system, the National and Bask oohoola wholly foil to overtake the educational necessities of the mill-dependent families. Mr. Reynolds is of opinion (though we think he states it too ab solutely) that these schools are, to a certain extent, " inju rious ; for by educating the children of parents who can afford to pay, they absorb charitable funds , for which there is other and ample employment." The worthy Secretary is grieved to find also, that in almost all the seminaries in factory districts there is little or nothing of that system of " moral training" which, originating with Mr. David Stow, of Glasgow, has in many places been so success fully grafted of late upon what used to be deemed the more important branches of ordinary schooling. In all this Mr. Reynolds discovers both an urgent call and a favourable opening for the establishment of infant schools, to whose extension and usefulness he is so disin terestedly devoted. The point we are about to mention is not very distinctly brought out in that gentleman's me morial ; but, if we do not mistake his meaning, the general drift of his conclusions seems to be, that, since " it will be very difficult to frame any Act that will not be greatly evaded" (quoad factory education), a corresponding effort ought to be made for the instruction of mere infants while they are of an age which necessarily precludes their intro duction into factories by any practicable abuses whatever ; and that for this purpose the buildings now used for National and British schools ought (where these have clearly failed) to be given up, and a sound system of infant instruction organized therein—Government being required to provide funds for training suitable teachers, and " the weekly payments of infants going a great way to pay sala ries," deficiemies in this respect being supplied by the existing Societies. Now, we confess we are not very clear about the propriety of such an arrangement. To our view, this plan has a tendency, though far from intentional with the proposer, of diminishing the responsibility of masters and parents in regard to factory education, and of unduly cir cumscribing its range and continuance. Let the manu facturing districts be supplied with infant schools exclu sively, andalthough they will probably be well filled with children under seven years of age, a notion will naturally be generated that at that age a factory child's education may be considered as finished. Advantage, we fear, would thus be taken of Mr. Reynolds's initiatory tuition to make it pass in full discharge of further and higher obligations, which would thereby become relaxed and invalidated. We throw out these observations with no unfriendly feeling, but with the view that the whole question may be comprehen sively and cautiously considered.—Times. We have received the " Thirty-second Report of the Commissioners for inquiring concerning Charities ;" but as it would be impossible, in our limited space, to enter upon its analysis, we must content ourselves with directing the attention of those locally interested to its consideration. Its contents refer chiefly to the charities of North and South Wales, comprising, under the first head, the coun ties of Denbigh, Flint, and Montgomery ; and under the second, the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan, and Radnor. The schools and almshouses established in each of these counties, and the charities by which they are supported, undergo a most strict scrutiny in these Reports. The management of the schools, the proficiency of the pupils, the arrangement of almshouses, the condition of their in mates, the intention of the charities by which they are supported, and the tenure under which those charities are held and appropriated, are detailed at a length and with a precison, which would be uninteresting and irksome to the general reader, but which must prove of the utmost importance to those locally interested in the efficient management of these Institutions. As might be anticipated in an inquiry of this nature, a considerable amount oflabuse, encroachment, and malpractice is exposed in the Report, but it also bears gratifying testimony of the good which has been effected, and the excellent mode in which the Institutions referred to are in some instances conducted. As improvement, however, is, and most properly should be, the order of the day, we shall leave the good to speak for itself, and direct attention to those parts of the Report upon which Reform may advantageousiy employ itself. By this we, mean not to cast any reflection on the general system of the charities, but merely to interest public at tention upon them so far as to make them productive of the utmost possible amount of good of which they are capable under the most efficient management. It appears by the Report that in some instances, which we shall not particu larize, for the reasons already stated, as it would be impossi ble to examine each case fully upon its merits, the property granted for charitable objects has been encroached upon, or misapplied ; in others the institutions themselves have been neglected or mismanaged ; and in few cases has the good effected proved commensurate with the anticipations which might fairly be founded on the means available for its accomplishment. We should most strongly recommend the vestries of the several parishes referred to in the Report, to have the minutes of the Commissioners placed in some locality accessible to any of the parishioners, to consult them at their leisure. By these means those most, deeply interested would be able to acquire a correet know ledge of the local charities; and wherever mismanagement exists, the opportunity would be afforded of applying a corrective. The subject is one to which we would ear nestly call the attention of the local Press. The details are too various and minute to be severally examined by a me tropolitan journal ; and even if they were examined, unless in a limited degree, they might not come under the obser vation of those whose more especial business it would be to enforce the correction of abuses ; but if our country Contemporaries were to examine the Report so far as it re lates to the sphere of their circulation, and place before their readers the abuses to be remedied, there is scarce! . ; any mode in which they could more serviceably employ themselves during the recess of Parliament. The attain ment of political rights is a slow, though certain process to the promotion of practical good, but the just employment of chatities brings its advantages immediate onits accom plishment. For this reason we emphatically reiterate our recommendation to our country Contemporaries.—Morning Advertiser. Parliament was prorogued yesterday ;—the Queen's Ministers may, therefore, hope to enjoy place and pay, for six months to come. Our readers will find, elsewhere, the speech which these worthies contrived to manufacture for their Royal Mistress ; and, meagre as such documents are apt to be, the meagreness of the speech in which the Whigi have chronicled their official doings during the Par liamentary Session of 1838, surpasses, in all probability, that of any similar effusion on record. The Whigs know that their movements require delicate handling ;—they therefore (although they enjoyed, yesterday, the privilege of telling their own story, without risk of contradiction) shrank from touching on a tithe of the ingenious con trivances by which they have contrived to wriggle through the late Session, without forfeiting official existence. Minis ters may, in fact, be declared to have passed through the perils of a stormy year, without sustaining loss of any kind : —for they have kept their places—and, for many a long day, they have had nothing else to lose. Principle, honour, official pride have long been strangers to the present occu pants of office ! Contemptible as was the Whig speech of yesterday, still there may be found in it some points not alto gether undeserving of notice. In the second paragraph, for instance, Ministers made their Royal Mistress state, " that the civil war in Spain forms an exception to th e general tranquillity." It may, undoubtedly, be true, literally, that war does not rage in any European country, except Spain ;—but to speak of the state of Europe, or, indeed, of the state of what is, usually, styled the civilized portion of the world, as a " tranquil" state, is to trifle with the import of language, Is Belgium, languishing under the consequences of its mad and stupid revolution, tranquil ? Is Poland, writhing under the despotism of Nicholas, tranquil ? Is France—filled as it is with parties, bent on forwarding schemes of revolution, based on prin ciples more comprehensive than any ever yet brought into action—France, in which. are engendered, almost every month, fresh attempts to overthrow the ruling dynasty-- is France, let us ask, tranquil ? Is Portugal, divided into factions, and labouring still under many of the worst re sults of a disputed succession to the Crown, tranquil ? Is Turkey, compelled to witness, without daring to resent them, the daily-increasing- encroachments of Russia on the rights and privilege s of the Ottoman empire, tranquil ? Is Russia itself, with its schemes of universal conquest, in that state which plain men understand as indicating "tran quillity ?" But the Whigs declare, in the same paragraph of their yesterday's speech, that England " receives from all foreign Powers, the strongest assurances of their desire to maintain the most amicable relations" with this coun try ! Of course, such declarations are received. When the Russians were in full march towards Constantinople, their " assurances" towards the Sultan were couched in the most " amicable" terms ;—and if a Russian fleet were in possession of the Thames, we entertain not the slightest doubt, that the desire of the Emperor of Russia, to strengthen his "amicable relations" with us, would be as signed by him, as the sufficing reason why his fleet had taken possession of our coasts ! The third paragraph of the Whig speech is curious. We quote it, without mu tilation : " The disturbances and insurrections which had unfortu nately broken out in Upper and Lower Canada have been Promptly suppressed; and I entertain a confident hope that firm and judicious measures will empower you to restore a constitution a l form of Government, which unhappy events have compelled you f or a t i me to suspend." 9 The Canadian disturbances have been, undoubtedly, suppressed, through the energy of the loyal inhabitants of Canada, and of Sir John anot Colloorne—to whom, by the w a y, it might h ave b een ungraceful act, on, But what the part of Ministers, t o return their a may the Whigs m ean , b y causing acknowledgments esntos .ere ex press " a confident h o p e t h at firm and vign to r e e a judicious to measures will enable you"—the P ar li ament, oi— . constitutional form of go vernment ?" The task oefst effect. ing the various results hoped for is now taken out of the hands of Parliament, and intrusted to Lord Durham —the first of whose " firm and jtdicious measures" has just been disallowed by the legislative authorities of this country! Parliament is not about to originate measures for the be nefit of Canada! Then, why should the Whig speech assume that Parliament proposes to undertake the duty? Were Ministers afraid to allude to Lord Durham ? Or, were the " firm and judicious measures" to which they advert, those ordinances, which Parliament has just dis allowed ? Or, again, is the praise of " judgment and firm ness" intended to apply to the disallowance, by Parliament, of Lord Durham's measures ? In the fifth paragraph, Ministers congratulate themselves on the progress which they have made in amending " the domestic institu tions of the country ;" and in proof of their assump tions on this point they refer the world to the Impri sonment for Debt Bill—to the Benefices in Plurality Bill—to the Irish Poor Law—and to the Irish Tithe Bill. Of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, it may be suffi. cient to observe, that it is a measure which belies all the professions, on which, in regard to this question, the Whigs have traded for five years past. It is a Bill which secures the smallest possible amount of relief to one class of debtors —whilst over another class it increases the power of credi tors an hundred fold ? The Whig Poor-law for Ireland is as bad as a Poor-law for that country can, in the nature of things, be ; whilst, the Irish Tithe Bill rests, as we have often shown, on principles of most equivocal tendency ! Could Ministers, however, venture to advert to no topic connected with our domestic relation; except the Imprison ment for Debt Bill, and the others''inumerated ? Could they discover no ground for self-glorification in the prospe rous state of our revenue—in the flourishing condition of our foreign trade—and in that deep spirit of a ttachment to Whig principles, which may suffice to render the labourin g poor patient under the impending hardships consequent on a deficient harvest? Might not Ministers have pointed to the daily increasing security to life and property in Ireland, in proof of the glorious nature of the " compact. alliance" formed at Lichfield House ? Might they not, moreover, have adduced irresistible testimony to the soundness of Whig philosophy, in the fervour of feeling with which the labouring classes in England regard the new Poor law ? Of those official triumphs of their party, no mention was made yesterday by Ministers, in the speech which they put into their Sovereign's mouth ;—yet despite the mo. desty of her servants, the Queen cannot much longer re main in ignorance of the nature of the merits by which those servants arc distinguished. Her Majesty knows that • there has lately been treason in Canada, and her authority has been required in the adoption of measures deemed necessary for suppressing that treason. But the Queen does not know that her confidential advisers are sustained in office, by the aid of men more deeply and dangerously fami liar with practices of treason against the privileges and pre rogatives of her Crown. than Papineau and Mackenzie themselves ! If the ringleaders of Canadian revolt plotted the dismemberment of the British empire, is not the dis- SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. memberment of that empire the great object of the man by whose machinations Lord Melbourne and his colleagues are sustained in office ? If Durham justice were in operation in England, would not Daniel O'Connell be usefully employed, at this moment, in raising " rent" for some taskmaster in a penal colony— and, would not, in like manner, Joseph Hume, the instiga tor of resistance to " the baleful domination" of England, be practising economics on the tread-mill, or in the hulks, instead of preaching them on the floor of the House of Commons, or before his constituents in Kilkenny ? Yet these men—if the " firm and judicious measures" which the Queen recommends in the case of Canada were en forced in this country—would be treated as felons ; these men, we repeat, impart to the Queen's Ministers, all the energy which those respectable functionaries possess. The Queen must, one day, discover that her Ministers are mere dependents on the bounty of Daniel O'Ccimell ! Yes ! Daniel, although he flourishes by begging from beg gars, can, nevertheless number among his own pensioners and retainers, Home Secretaries and Premiers : and these worthies are content to enjoy the good things of office, at the price—to men of their stamp so insignificant—of winking at wholesale schemes of treason against their So vereign's crown and dignity!—Morning Herald. Her Majesty's Ministers having applied all the energies of their statesmanlike minds to the object, accomplished the prorogation of Parliament yesterday. Great as their efforts have been during the progress of the Session, we are of opinion, and we are sure the public will agree with us, that the deci'ion of judgment and force of will, which they exhibited at the end of it, in procuring the proroga tion to take place on Thursday instead of Friday, tran scend all their former efforts since the commencement of the arduous labours of the present year. The Speech delivered by her Majesty upon the occasion will be found under its proper head, in another column. It seems to us to be a civil and silly speech, with as little truth in it as is generally to be found in the State papers of Whig-Radical managers. The reason stated for closing this " protracted and laborious Session" is that the state of public business enables her Majesty so to do.' If, how ever, the speech of Lord John Russell on Tuesday even ning was not a gross misrepresentation, the fact is that the protracted state of the session made it impracticable to g o on with the public business, and not that the state of the public business made it practicable to close the session. Which shall the public believe—Lord John Russell's speech delivered by himself, or the spee c h prepared by Lord John Russell and delivered by ' the Queen ? Her Majesty is made to state that the insurrection both in Upper and Lower Canada have been promptly suppressed, and that her Majesty entertains a confident hope that " firm and judicious" measures will empower the Parliament to restore a constitutional form of Government, which unhappy events have compelled it for a time to suspend. The public will naturally ask what can be meant in this passage by " firm and judicious measures ?" Is the allusion to Lord Durham's ordinances ? If it be, a brief memorandum, touching the Bill of Indem nity to which her Majesty bad just given the Royal assent, might have been an appropriate addendum to this Ministerial notice of Canadian affairs. The country will of course be glad to hear that the in surrections have been suppressed, for if this be so, the vigour beyond the law of his Excellency the Earl of Durham, which has been defended on the ground that it was necessary,for the suppression of rebellion, will be ne cessary no longer. The obscrvatioes with respect to the " mi►tigation" of the law of imprisonment fur debt, and the " restriction of granting benefices in plurality," are too common-place to be remarked upon. That which her Ma jesty has been advised to say respecting the Irish Poor Law Bill and the Irish Tithe Bill has this peculiarity—that it is directly opposed to what Mr. O'Connell has said concern ing these same measures. The passages to which we al lude are as follow : " I have felt great pleasure in giving my assent to the Bill for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland. I cherish the expectation that its provisions have bee❑ so cautiously framed, and will be so prudently executed, that, whilst they contribute to relieve distress, they will tend to preserve order and to en courage habits of industry and exertion. " I trust, likewise, that the Act which you have passed re. lating to the compositions for tithes in Ireland, will increase the security of that property and promote internal peace." It is a very great mistake of her Majesty to " cherish" or to " trust" any such thing ; for Mr. O'Connell, who ought to know best—in Ministerial acceptation—says that the new Poor-law is a positive mischief, and the new Tithe Bill calculated to make the collection of tithes more than ever difficult, and destructive of internal peace. Her Ma jesty expresses, with rather more than usual emphasis, her thanks for the supplies granted for her own household ex penses, and the expenses of the public service ; and the Speech winds up with the following civilities to Parliament and to Providence : " The many useful measures which you have been able to consider, while the settlement of the Civil List and the state of Canada demanded so much of your attention, are a satisfac tory proof of your zeal for the public good. You are so well acquainted with the duties which now devolve upon you in your respective counties, that it is unnecessary to remind you of them. In the discharge of them you may securely rely upon my firm support ; and it only remains to express an humble hope that Divine Providence may watch over us all, and prosper our united efforts for the welfare of our country." " Many useful measures !" This is going a little too far. Such nonsense is on rather too important a subject to be merely laughed at, The mention of Divine Providence, when put by such Ministers as ours to the end of the Queen's Speech, can only be considered like the phrase, " your obedient servant," at the conclusion of a letter. Why is their policy that of hostility to the Established Church ? Such mere form as that of the Ministerial piety at the end of a Prorogation Speech, is neither edifying nor useful.—Morning Post. An inquest was recently held at Stoncv Stratford, before J. W. Cadly, Esq., one of her Majesty's coroners for of \V. Stockley, a ge d 3 2, a highlyßucks, on view of the body respectable farmer at Shenley, Bucks. From the evidence it appeared the unfortunate deceased was returning from Bicester Fair, on the Tuesday previous, about nine o'clock at night, and when between Stratford and Loughton was thrown From his horse ; he was conveyed to the Bull Inn, at Stratford, where he survived only a few hours, being quite insensible the whole time. On an examination of the body by Mr. Free man, the surgeon, it appeared he had received a severe frac ture on the back part of the head, produced, undoubtedly by a kick from his horse when he fell. Verdict—. Accidental death." Deodand on the horse, ls. The unfortunate young man has left a widow and one child to deplore his untimely end. THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The Government police report of yesterday contains the following additional particulars of the above robbery. The portmanteau had a cop per-plate on the handle, with the name in German text, 4‘ Mr. James Brown," and one of the notes was for 50/., No. 60,041, dated January 9, 1833. It contained four bills of ex change, draws iti Cork by William Todd on JDIIO Carini chacl. a zn , .:rcliant there, in favour of James Brown. 0,-,e of them was for 3001., and the others upwards of 40U/. each. A reward of 101. has been offered for the recovery of the pro perty. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1838. SECOND EDITION. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, Auc. 17, 1838. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. T. P. Whalley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hankey, who retires ; Cornet K. M. Power to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whalley ; J. E. Ma docks, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Power ; Serjeant- Major J. C. Williamson to be Quartermaster, vice T. Wright, who retires upon half-pay, Aug. 17. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. W. O'Kelly, from the 20th Regi ment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Vivian, who exchanges, Aug. 17. 7th Foot—Second Lieutenant C. S. CoChrane, from the 60th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Snow, who retires, August 17. 10th Foot—J. E. Penrose, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elmslie, who retires, August 17. 13th Foot—W. F. Straubenzee, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Bartley, appointed to the 49th Regiment of Foot, August 17. 20th Foot—Lieut. J. C. W. Vivian, from the 4th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Kelly, who exchanges ; Ensign H. W. Masterson, from the 57th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Raikes, who exchanges, Aug. 17. 21st Regiment—Captain R. T. Hawley, from half-pay of the sth Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Hutchinson, who ex changes, Aug. 17 ; Lieut. H. W. Bunbury to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hawley,li who:retires, Aug. 18; Second Lieut. A. An drews to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mundy, who re . tires, Aug. 17. _ 21st Foot—Second Lieut. W. Domville to be First Lieutenant by purchase, vice Bunbury, Aug. 18 ; J. Dawson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Andrews, Aug. 17 ; J. Watson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dom ville, Aug. 18. 26th Foot—Gentleman .Cadet H. B. Phipps, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice James, de ceased, Aug. 17. 27th Foot—Lieutenant C. Vereker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanford, who retires; Ensign F. King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vereker ; J. Somerville, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice King, Aug. 17. 28th Foot—Ensign E. M. Love to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whitting, who retires, Aug. 17 ; Ensign B. White, from the 96th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beck ham, who retires, Aug. 18; Ensign D. M'Gregor, from the 78th Regiment of Foot, to be Adjutant and Ensign, vice Russell, Aug. 17. 41st Foot—A. Sadlier, Gent. to be Ensign by purchase, vice Fordyce, appointed to the 47th Regiment of Foot, Aug. 17. 46th Foot—Captain W. N. Custance, from the 95th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice-Fisher, who exchanges, Aug. 17. 47th Foot—Ensign C. J. Longmore to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Woodhouse, who retires ; Ensign C. F. Fordyce, from the 41st Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign vice Longmore, Aug. 17. 49th Foot—Ensign A. R. Shakespear to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice A. Daniell, who retires ; Ensign W. T. Bartley, from the 13th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Shakespear, Aug.l7. 57th Foot—Ensign F. T. Raikes, from the 20th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Masterson, who exchanges, Aug. 17. 59th Foot—Gentleman Cadet V. A. Gaussen, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mackenzie, whose appointment has not taken place, Aug. 17. 60th Foot—J. Douglas, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cochrane, promoted in the 7th Regiment of Foot, Aug. 17. 78th Foot—T. M. Carvick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Gregor, appointed to the 28th Regiment of Foot, Aug. 17. 91st Foot—Captain J. Marshall, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vise Wm. M'lnroy, who exchanges, August 17. 92d Foot—P. H. Paterson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Viscount Drumlanrig, appointed to the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, August 17. 94th Foot—Serjeant-Major T. Waite to be Quartermaster, vice J. Mackenzie, who retires upon half-pay, Aug. 17. 95th Foot—Captain W. C. Fisher, from the 46th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Custance, ho exchanges, Aug. 17. 96th Foot--F. Pierce, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice White, promoted in the '2Bth Regiment of Foot, Aug. 18. BREVET. Captain John Marshall, of the 91st Regiment of Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28. COMMISSARIAT. 11To be Assistant-Commissaries-General. Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General Robert Lindsay, May 3 ; Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General Joseph Verfenstein, May 18. WAR-OFFICE, Auc. 2, 1838. MEMORANDUM.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons to bear upon its guidons and appointments, in addition to any other badges or dis tinctions heretofore granted, the word " Salamanca," in consider ation of the gallant conduct of the Regiment at the battle of Sala manca on the 22d July, 1812. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM REYNOLDS, Jun., wine -merchant, Savage-gar. dens, City. BANKRUPTS. TAOSIAS MAYO, victualler, Twickenham, to surrender Au. gust 24 and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy Abbott, official assignee ; Pain and Hatherly, Great Marlborough• street. MARY REBECCA ISAACS and BENJAMIN SAMO, diamond-merchants, Strand, August 31, at two, and Sept. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Corn hill, official assignee ; Kearsey, Hughes, and Thomas, Leaden hall-street. JOHN ATKINSON, tarpaulin-manufacturer, King William street, London, Aug. 30 and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Bankart, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. RUSHTON WALKER, sculptor, Bristol, Aug. 24, and Sept. 28, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Clarke and Med calf, Lincoln's-inn-fields. London; Hall, Bristol. WILLIAM BARRETT, jun., grocer, Abingdon, Berkshire, Aug. 24 and Sept. 28, at ten, at the Golden Cross Inn, Oxford. Hindmarsh and Son, Crescent, Jewin-street, Cripplegate, London. .. BARNET WALKER, cabinet-maker, Sheffield, York, Aug, 274 andi Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield; Preston Tokenhouse-yard, London • Sorby and Foottit, Sheffield. JAMES WOOD COOK, woollen-draper, Dovor, Kent, Aug, 25, and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Bell Hotel, Sandwich, Kent ; Dods and Linklater, Northumberland -street, Strand; Knocker ; Dovor. COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Ships arrived since Per Ton. Aqair's Tantield Moo- 29 0 :arr's Hartley 2l 0 Hebburn Main 2l 9 Holyweil Luaze's Main l'ontop Windsor lO 6 Russell's Eligh Main l7 2 Smith's Primros 'out's Hartley 2l 6 We , t Hartley. 2l (4 ails End Pell and Brown Wal's End Goforth 22 9 IVallb End Heaton 4,2 3 End Hilda Walls End Hotspur W:+II4 End Kil)ingworth Walls End Northumberland Walls End Bensham 2l It Walls End Riddell's ...... 22 3 Wall , End Vs alker 22 0 Lamb:on's Primrose last market-day, 27. Per - Ton. s. J. Walls End Belmont Walls End Braddyll'a fietton 23 6 Walls End Haswell Walls hid Helen t3 6 Walls End Lyons ` , 2 3 VVall, En i Lamb', n Walls End Stewart's 6 Walls End Whitwell 22 6 Walls End Hartlepool 23 6 Walls End Adelaide ... Walls End Barrington Tees 2l 3 Walls End Gordon 22 3 Walls End Seymour Tees 22 3 Walls End South Durham 22 3 Walls End Tees 22 9 Walls End West Hetton 22 0 Brampton Main l7 0 Walls End Hartley 01 6 Manstou Mint l7 0 17 0 Radcliffe Main. Walls End Elgin 2l 6 COURSE OF EXCIIi. Amsterdam C.F. 12 6% !Mt°, at sight Rottt. rklain `, U l2 6% Antwerp.~ ........ Mit 13 !3 Aliona Paris, 3 clays' sigh 25 60 Nitta 3 Ms. 25 90 .NGE.—(THIS DAY.) aibrattar 11,egnorn 31% Genoa 26 0 Milan 3l Venice Naples Faltrrno per oz. 117 Lisbon 25 95 Bourileaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 1511 X, Peterslittigh,rubie 3 Us. 10 0 Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2M.10 4 Trioste ditto ln 15 Madrid Oporto 51 the Janeiro 2B Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal gold, coin a° 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 9 17 105(2 ile - 1 , ; - boublocins 0 0 0 Barcel3n A New Dollars _ _ 0 4 9N Seville Silver. bars. standard 0 4 11% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of this Evening.) Scoatt.—The transactions in the B P Market have been ex tremely limited this week, Grocers as well as Refiners have purchased very cautiously, particularly of the ord descriptions ; importers, however, generally are not inclined to submit to lower prices, and fine yellow sorts have supported their former prices. St. Kitts of pretty good quality may be bought at 53s 6d ; Dominica with a good deal of colour, have been sold at 565, very fine sorts range from 625. a 635; at auction 131 hhds. Barbadoes have been offered, when only 50 hhds. found buyers at previous rates, these were of fine quality and brought 62s a 635, the remainder were taken in at 56s a 62s for mid to good. This afternoon prices is lower than on Friday last for brown and mid yellow descriptions, but good and fine sorts are not above 6d cheaper, the supply being rather short. The grocers have purchased sparingly of both the common and better descriptions of refined goods, and a reduction on r D evious rates of 6 d to I s has been subm itted to ; small sale s o' f Lumps rather under the standard have been made at 75s to 75s 6d, and passing at 765. This afternoon small sales of double Crushed made at 34s to 34s 3d ; the grocers still come forward cautiously. AIAURITIVS.-1,824 bags at auction sold heavily, brown and low yellow descriptions is and good yellow sorts 6d under previous prices, ord foxy of the former went at 44s to 46s 6d, the latter low to mid 50s 6d to 535, good mid and good 54s to 565, and a few lots of ord grey at 51s ; there has been an ar rival of 7,196 bags; for public competition on Tuesday 2,000 bags are declared. This afternoon there was little business doing, and 4,392 bags at auction went 6d under previous rates, fair strong grey sold at 51s a 51s 6d, mid yellow 52s 6d a 53s 6d, good mid and good 54s 6d a 565, better not quite fine 57s a 57s 6d. EAST INDlA—Previous rates have been supported. Bengal, 127 hhds 202 bags at public sale ; ord to mid yellowish brown at 43s to 49s 6d, two lots 41s 6d to 425, the latter went at 63s to 63s 6d for good, and 65s for fine white. In Manilla there has been nothing done by private treaty. FOREIGN.—The market continues in a dull state; in Brazil importers will not submit to lower prices. White Havannah is offered is to 2s under previous rates, 500 boxes by private treaty, for good quality 39s accepted; in brown and yellow sorts nothing has been done. - - MOLASSES.— West India are not offered on lower terms fine Demerara at 26s per cwt, and fine Barbadoes at 27s 6d. COFFEE.—There has been an increased demand from the grocers for all descriptions of British Plantation, and an ad vance on last week's rates of 2s has been obtained for fine ord to mid qualities, and is for ord and good ord sorts ; the pub lic sales have consisted of 469 casks, 7 barrels, I l bags, all of which found eager buyers, Jamaica mid at 109 s 6d to 114 s 6d, low mid 105 s to 106 s 6d, good to fine fine ord. 95s to 104 s 6d ; Dominica fine Us ord. 100 s to 103 s 6d, good ord 94s 6d, low mid. 105 s to 106 s 6d; Demerara good and fine ord 91s. to 963; the arrivals continuing to come in slowly. East India descriptions with certificate have been taken more freely for home consumption at improved prices; Ceylon by private contract, 95s 6d paid for good ord, and 93s for ord. country damaged; at auction 330 bags sold with spirit, establishing an advance on the rates of the last auction of ls; Mocha, for small parcels the grocers have been compelled to pay 2s to 3s advance, cleanly garbled descriptions have brought 100 s, and for a small quantity of fine yellow 128 s has been paid. This afternoon the auctions consisted of 1,884 bags Brazil, and 68 casks 462 bags British Plantation ; good and fine ord Brazil at 37s 6d to 41s, about 6 lots sold at 37s to 38s for good ord. Dutch brought a further advance of 2s, low mid Demerara selling at 108 s, good ord raged 93s 6d to 100 s. Jamaica went at previous rates, low mid 105 s. RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—For Rum there conti nues to be a good demand from both the home trade and shippers, and rather `higher prices have been obtained for Leewards, the sales of which amount to 350 puns, proofs to 3 per cent over-proof at 2s 10d to 2s 11d, 5 to 8 over 3s to 3s ld, 10 to 12 over 3s 2d to 3s 3d, 13 to 22 over 3s 4d to 3s 9d ; 25 to 28 over, 3s 10d to 4s ld ; 30 to 34 over, 4s 6d to 4s 7d. The sales in Jamaica have been 300 puncheons at stiffer prices ; 30 to 34 per cent have commanded 4s 5d a 4s 6d ; 35 to 37 over, 4s 7d a 4s 9d ; 38 to 40 over, 4s 10d ass. Brandy has supported last week's rates. Geneva in good demand, at previous prices. British Corn Spirits re main at lOs 2d. TEA.—In young Hyson and Imperial there have been a good deal of business doing at lid. to 2d per lb on the iate auctions for Bohea, Twankays, and other descriptions the de mand have become limited, but the importers will not sell but at small profits on last sale's rates. TALLOW. —The market continues to improve ; Petersburg Yellow Candle, first quality, has advanced to 48s to 48s 6d ; for delivery in the last three months holders ask higher prices, and a good deal of business has been done at 47s to 47s 6d. SPICES.—The demand for Black Pepper has greatly in cased, 3id to 3id paid for common and good light Sumatra, 4d for good light Malabar, and 4-id for half heavy. For Pi mento there has been a good demand, and stiffer rates have been obtained. For Cinnamon in small parcels 3d to 4d ad vance on the rates of the late auctions continues to be ra.cl. Nutmegs were sold at 4s to 4s 4d for fair limed consumer'. East India Ginger has been in steady reque t at former rates; 620 bags Bengal at auction sold at 17s to 21s for low to goon mid quality. Cassia Lignea is not wanted, either fir home consumption or export. Mace and Cloves are held firmly. SALTPETRE. —A fair demand has prevailed far Rough by private contract, and rather higher prices have been obtained ; at public sale 850 baskets Egyptian sold very dear, refraction 13 per cent of good colour but of rather soft quality at 23s to 23s 6d ; at present no auction is declared. English Refined has been in good request at 29s 6d in hhds, and 30s in brls. Rica.-800 bags Bengal went rather dearer, good a hite at 16s 6d, one lot 17s ; Carolina continues in request at the rates quoted, and for export at 30s per cwt. 11 ooL—The extensive public sales commenced on Tuesday ; the total quantity declared was 12,000 bales Austalian and Van Diemen's Land, and 338 bags Spanish ; the former, amounting to 5,600 bales, have been sold at rates fully equal to those established last month, the flatter went at very good prices. Prices of English continue firm. Notoo.—There was a good and general demand for East India, profits on the last ,quarterly sale of 2d to 3d were ob tained for the general run of old goods ? and 4d per lb. for picked lots. ""Ou.s.—The market for common descriptions of Fish Oils has assumed a more lively appearance ; a geol ee nand has been experienced for Seal; pale has advanced to 34/, brown and yellow 271 lOs to 321.. Cod has sold to a fair extent at 361, which is also rather higher. In Southern a fair business has been done; and 350 tuns at public sale this afternoon went at stiffer rates, and brought 24l to 27/ for low to fine.—Sperra sold steadily at 821. for first quality.—Linseed has again ad vanced, and the transactions have been extensive et 283. Rape is 2s to 3s dearer, and a brisk demand has been expe rienced, 42s paid for pale, and 41s for brown.—Olive has been taken more freely ; and Gallipoli has advanced to 551. ; com mon sorts are also higher.—East. India Cocoa Nut is held for late rates, but the operations - have been limited. COCOA. —British Plantation the rates previously established have,been supported. This afternoon there mas not much demand for West India, and 171 bags Trinidad at avction only yartly sold rather cheaper, common grey to fair dark red at 41s to 44s 6d. At an early hour on the morning of Tuesday, the 7th current, while it blew a severe gale from the west, the people on board the Nithsdale steamer descried a small boat buffoting the billows to the windward of Blackcoomb, and many miles distant from land. At this time the steamer might be two miles off, but Captain Conning bore up immediately, got to the windward of the tiny craft, stopped the en. gines, and laid to. As the boat neared the steamer, it was observed that one solitary individual was on board; and, after repeated direc. tions to keep the prow of his craft to the Nithsdale, he was able to seize a rope from the paddle.box, and was thus rescued, it may be said, from certain death, in a gale in which well-appointed vessels were not free ff om danger. While bearing down on the Nithsdale, Crane reports that he wa; appalled by the figure of a dead man, which was swept past him on the crest of a wave; and who wore a glazed hat attached to his head by a strap be neath the thin—in all likelihood some luckless mariner who had pre viously perished. The humanity of the Captain, crew, and passengers , of the Nithsdale, is deserving of the most special commendation ; for the tailor owes to them not only- his life, but a handsome sum which was raised by subscription, to carry him back to Mona. By the Nithsdale he was taken to Liverpool free of expense, and when once there will readily find his way back to his native country, where he has an aged mother wholly dependent on him for the means of support, and other re. latives who may by this time have given him up for lost. On Wednesday, the tailor paid a visit to Dumfries, and, in detailing his hair.breadth escape, said the last hint his mother gave him before go ing to Laxey was, "that those who went to a fair without an errand, generally found one before they got back."—Dumfries Courier. THE LATE EXTRORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT STREATIIAM.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, in the White Lion Inn, Streatham, on the body of Edward Ss,iles, a postillion, whose death took place in that town on Sunday last. The gentlemen referred to in the following evidence are Mr. Bromley, of Gray's Inn-square, solicitor, and his father. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the former. Thomas Davis, a water.carrier belonging to the inn, deposed that a little after nine o'clock on Sunday evening last, a carriage, in which were two ladies and two gentlemen, drove up to the inn. The horses had been very res tive, and the pole of the carriage was broken. Witness assisted in taking the horses out, and subsequently obtained some rope from the ostler, with which he and the deceased, who accompanied the carriage as postbox, spliced the pole. The horses were then put to, and tht deceased wished to mount his horse for the purpose of proceeding on the journey, but was prevented by the youngest of the two gentlemen, who said lie (deceased) should not drive any further, as he was incapable, from the effects of intoxication. A man con nected with the inn then offered to drive, but this was objected to by the deceased, who raid he would go with his own horses, deny ing that he was drunk. The horses were a second time taken out, after which the deceased, advancing to Mr. Bromley, junior, exclaimed, " D— your eyes, I will let you know whether I am drunk or not," and immediately struck him with his fist on the breast. Mr. Bromley returned the blow, striking the deceased under the chin, which knocked him backwards on the ground. Witness assisted him up. He was quite insensible, end his head fell on his breast. Some hartshorn was applied to his temples, after which Ise was removed into the house, and a surgeon shortly attended. The deceased was only struck once by young Mr. Bromley:. He was not kicked by the horses. Deceased was slightly in liquor, but not so much as to be unconscious of what he was about. Was positive the deceased gave the first blow. The man who came up and offered to take charge of the horses accused the deceased of being drunk. A policeman was going to take the deceased in charge as a drunken man. Mr. J. B. Lanford, wine.merchant, of No. 106, Fen church-street, who was accidentally present at the time of the occur rence, corroborated the evidence of last witness as to the deceased hay. ing struck the first blow, and added that he had previously made use of very disgusting epithets. lie believed the deceased was intoxicated. Mr. Gardiner, a medical gentleman, gave evidence as to the state of the deceased after the occurrence. There was an extensive bruise at the back of the head, but no fracture. The man was suffering from concussion of the brain. Witness bled him, and applied other re. medics, but in vain. A post mortem examination showed that the ves sels of the brain were gorged with blood in consequence of a rupture. The other parts of the body were in a healthy condition. Was of opi nion that the vessels of the brain were gorged before he received the blow or fall, but thought that had he not been knocked down no fatal consequences would have resulted. Other evidence was adduced to show that Mr. Bromley had expressed his deep regret at the oceurrence. The Jury having retired for half an hour, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." A subscription was opened for the widow and children of de ceased. The inquiry excited much interest, RURAL AFFAIRS.—AS regards the crops our prospects are becoming more and more gloomy; and unwilling as we are to excite alarm by " forecasting the shapes of future evil," no one can shut his eyes to what is passing, or contemplate without regret the hardships entailed on the working classes by the enhanced price of the necessaries of life—particularly bread and oatmeal. Sum mer seems to have slipped from the cycle of the seasons, and even autumn, so far as it has gone, is by no means what au tumn ought to be. In July we looked forward with hope to August, and must now, we suppose, turn with the same feeling to the month of September. Apart from rain the temperature is a great deal too low, and for weeks past the thermometer has been oftener at, or below, than above 60. A great deal of rain fell last week, particularly on Tuesday, when it descended in torrents. For several bours lightning flashed and thunder roared, and, strange as it may ap. pear, some of the showers were profusely mixed with sleet or rather hail. A great deal of grain was lodged during that disastrous day, and considerable damage done to the hay wherever it unfortunately remained unricked. In speaking of the weather a country gentleman says—" Did you ever witness such a season as the present—that is, since the year 1 1816 ? I have lost ten acres of hay totally, and some of my neighbours seem in the same plight. The elements may mend at last, but at pre sent I dread very considerable deficiency in the grain crops, more es. pecially barley." The year alluded to was unquestionably a bad one, but 1812 was worse, at least for some kinds of grain, and we conversed lately with a retired corn-factor who sold that seasbn indifferent oats im ported from Galloway, at 12s. 6d. the Liverpool bushel. The sample, though bad, was the best that could begot, and from lengthened carriage would stand the purchasers 14s. per 45 lb. before it arrived at Its desti nation.—Dumfries Courier of Tuesday last. On Tuesday evening the extensive vitriol works of Messrs. Rundell, Richardson, and Co., situate in East-lane, were dis covered to be on fire. The engines of Whitecross-street station were expeditiously on the spot, followed in succession by several others, and providentially the flames were suppressed befere any great damage was done. MAYORALTY STURGEON.—On Wednesday, the first sturgeon caught in the Thames in the present season was conveyed by John Nelson, the Assistant Water-Bailiff, to the Lord Mayor. It is usual to send the first sturgeon of the Mayoralty to the Sovereign ; but the Lord Mayor having taken a view of the fish, observed that it was too small and meagre to set before her Majesty, and accordingly pre sented it to a party which his Lordship intended to join at Blackwall at six o'clock. Very odd accidents have befallen City sturgeons. DEATH BY ST ARVATION.—On Friday night, an old man, named Smith, came to the Police Office for protection curin g the night, where, in the absence of any refuge for the houseless poor in this city, many other destitute persons come, and where he had been in the habit of coming for nearly a month past. On that occasion he was in such a state of weakness, that he was ordered to be removed to the 'loyal Infirmary, but he died on the road. It was the opinion of the medical man who examined the body that his death was occasioned by want of focd.—Edinburjh Courant. FEVER IN GL.ASCO W.—The state of Fever stands to .day as follows:—b2 Patients in the R‘iy,,l Irifiraizry ; 20 admitted from the 6th August till the 13th August; 90 empty beds; no lines lying for admission.—Argus. NEW PASSPORT REGULATIONS of The following is a copy of the new police regulations the French Government, which have recently been issued by order of his Excellency the Minister of the Literal'. It is important that these new regulations should be strict}, attended to by all persons who may now be about to travel in France, in order to avoid those delays and annoyances which, other w i se , they would necessarily b 3 subject to. It may be observed that these remarks do not apply to those who merely proceed to Calais, Boulogne, or any other of the French ports, and who do not travel out of their re spectivelirrondissements into the interior of the country " Article 1. No for e i gners are permitted to travel or re side n France without a special authorisation from th e director of the police. Art. 2. Every foreigner, on arriving in a seaport or frontier town, is to present himself before the local autho rities, to produce his passport, and deposit it in their 1)10(14- " Art. 3. If the passport be regular, and there be u e , reason to suspect the intentions of the bearer, the !oat authorities are to give him or her in exchange a French passport, bearing the words Passe provisoire' inscribed immediately under the arms of France, for any place in the kingdom the foreigner may specify, and for which a fee of two francs is required. " Art. 4. The original passport is immediately transmit.. ted to the police at Paris, and after being signed, is eithe r returned to the foreigner, or forwarded for that purpose to the municipal authorities of the place to which he mar have proceeded with the provisional passport. " Art. 5. Foreigners having a provisional passport m ust proceed to their destination by the route specified in the passport, which they are not to change, and are to pre sent themselves before the local authorities within twentY .f ? " , hours after their arrival, who will return them the orig in " in exchange for the provisional passport. If, however , th e original passport should not have arrived, they must under the superintendence of the municipal authorities until the director of the police shall have made known hi s intention. " Art. 6. The signature of the director of the poi° authorises foreigners to travel and reside in the interior the country during the space of one year, provided tbef observe the regulations of the general and local police. " Art. 7. No provisional passport can be given to foreigner arriving without a passport, or with a passport ° which the validity is doubtful. In such cases the local ar}tb w ritics are directed to state the circumstances to the dirilet °r of police, and ask his orders. The foreigner in the In OW . time remains under their superintendence. " Art. 8. If a foreigner, after his arrival in Frali a. c 6 e ; wishes merely to go to any town or place situated in 1 ": 1 same or in a contiguous department, and the period of 1.11,1 stay is not to exeeed one month, the local authorities ro t : deliver him a limited provisional passport, merely acquaint!' ing the director of police with his arrival, without trao.s7 mittinm '' the original passport to Paris, which remains 111 their liands, and is restored to the owner on his return. " Art. 9. Persons charged - with public missions as O r riers extraordinary are not compelled to deposit their PI; ports at the frontiers, but are permitted to continue tu e t journeys after they have produced their passports'. W e n ' ' , in cases where it is suspected that they are not the Perr., s they represent themselves to be. The local authO r ' ti j e will give notice of their passage through the country to t" director of police. " Art. 10. The passports given by the Members of t , 11 : foreign corps diplomatiques, resident at Paris, to tlij subjects of their respective Sovereigns, either to trav e l abroad or to return to their own countries, must be OO P ; tersigned by the director of police, and by the Minist e for Foreign Affairs." The Grey Column is now so fa e advanced that the shaft of the column has reached its elevation. The s tatute & finished, and its arrival i s ex p ec t e d i n a f ew days.— Newc as ' Journal. The present Earl of Limerick, the BiAtop of merick, and the Mayor of Limerick, have all the same Ch i, tianname, and that rather an unc o m m o n o n e , Edmund. ---P merich Chronicle. Persons well informed," says the Journal deo( Paris," maintain that the non-participation of the Du ke o f Orleans in the Ministerial ovation of which the chateau 0 , Count Mole has been the theatre is attributable to othe r ,,,, t° ol tives than a desire of not leaving the Duchess under herii t e H;ghness's present situation. They seem to believra tu s "„ so heir to the throne is by no means anxious to give so .selei ll- ce r, adhesion to the system of the 15th of April. This, bo w % itt is certain, that on the same day when the Kiel; wa t - a d- Champlatreux, the Duke of Orleans went to visit a s t o house, ten leagues from Paris, and that be accepted- . ., st a to chateau of Roquencourt, the hospitable reception iptze'i the his Royal Highness by a rich banker and Member m Chamber of Deputies." to " M. Metternich," says the Europe, " refu ;e5 intervene in Switzerland in order to obtain the expulsioo us , , M. Louis Bonaparte. He has replied with much acu :oiobr that it was not at the moment when the Emperor Nv a i f to show himself indulgent towards his own subjects j ° o ther that he would be willing to i ncur c di um for the sake o f people.' " -et BRUSSELS, AUG. I.—The King and Queen out the day before yesterd a y f or O sten d by the railroad, vihro, their Majesties were to quit at the bridge of Plaescheadta. where th e i r carr i ages were i n waiting. to take them to 030 1 0 The Temps states, that at the accouchement ofotoi Duchess of Orleans M. Moreau will be assisted by Z o i t he Dubois, of the Clinique de l'Ecole de Medecine, s ° ll o iso celebrated s urge on w h o a tt en d e d th e E m p res s Marie 0 , at the birth of the King of Rome, and also by M. Cap a l According to the last accounts from Rome, Carden Pesch, Archbishop of Lyons, is at the point of death. , p g A letter from Vienna of the sth instant n2enr t hs that an Imperial Ordi nanc e h as i ncrease d the pal ° tbe subaltern officers throughout the Austrian army, fr ol ?et1) ensigns to the captains, by 12 to 15 francs (10s. to 1 2 " per month. e A few days since a duel with swords took piac St. at Cloud, between an tficer of Dragoons, Paris, and an officer of the same regiment who r etired la p year. The latter officer received a slight wound in tb f a rs3 6 side, and one rather dangerous in the right arm. The' was only slightly wounded. ATHENS, JULY 28.—0 n the 22,1 inst. AttiO a aroused by a proclamation calling on all the male to take up arms, and although the call was by no meseith - lingly replied to, by threats with some, and briberf„, - 0 0 others, the authorities have succeeded in getting abeet m o ie° men under arms, but for what good or bad purpose yet r `" a mystery. Accounts have been received at Trieste from - - r av of the 20th of July, which confirm the statement of the ,r e t tian fleet having put to sea, and also state that of that u c o t iP ships of the line, t' 2 .r.gates, and 2 corvettes, were in the 100 stattonedo of Suda. We find no mention made of the ultimate de„ s4l° o. of the main body of the Egyptian squadron.—Paris .rar i FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, JULY 24.—The p. 9.0 has aga;n broken out at Nissa, 'on the frontiers of Serst a il is true, indeed, that the disorder is confined to Nisest - 160° . content with five or six victims daily, but as the chief tre.on Europe with the East is through that city, this interruPtio wh er e v re ia a s misfortune that is felt far and near. The sanatory sta o rr pirsevpaeilric.t•lly ug g: m o e d ine an z d eit t u ra n n y r A il u li g ty ust an i d l. e bit/ T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, 6 ,,,, ° :;, 011 ; London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), inforn -15 ..; 1 0)); lic, that he has a considerable variety of SECOND-HANP, s e acr . WATCHES, any of which he offers at EIGHT GUINEA They have all been carefully examined, and are warranted . Watches purchased in exchange. .. • •••••j , " On the 14th inst., in Dough ty-street, Mrs. Charles So°ll' a son. ga r On the 7th inst., in Russell-square, the Lady of W. S. ( Esq., of a son. La ji ° On the 13th inst., at C oss i ng t on , Sornersetshire, the Edward Barrett Lennard, Esq., of a son. hhflg On the 29th of May last, at Bogota, the Lady of R. s' worth, Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., M rs . R o b ert McC a b e, of a daug hter. e J,4 1 On the 15th inst., at 56, York-terrace, Regent's-Park , t b of 111ajoriF. Hope, of the 72d Regiment, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Elm-bank, Lasswade, North Br Lady of Captain G. A. Eliott, R.N., of a son. IP MARRIED. t he op On the 16th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, bY 1 0 d, Henry H. Beami 4), Captain Hope, R.N., of Carrid,en'floir f o Britain, to the Hon. Frederica Kiitnaird, sister to Lord DA e Pi e On Tuesday last, at Gorlestone Church, Suffolk, peter s ,ll3lo:l Foster, Esq., M.A., Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, : di , tb, rister-at-law of the Middle Temple, to Georgiana Eliza b f SAO daughter of the late Rev. Clement Chevallier, Rector 0 ham, in the above county. On the 15th inst., at St. George's Bloomsbury, Friend VVtllidh. son, Esq., of Woburn-square, eldest son of the late Re p it danD Williamson, of Friend, nt, to Jane Hannah, young" fin° ter of the late James Esq. oro t bt On the 10th inst., at Allhallows, Lombard-street, dsog Smith, Esq., of Brixham, Devon, to Ann Norah, sen °° ,.mo of the late William Batten, of Gracec4urch-street, Lens— - „acte e DIED. d P r°- • tof u On the 11th inst., at B r i g ht on, a f ter a severe an h illness, Mary, the wife of Th omas Hill, Esq., of N °rt Surrey. Vd ° On the 14th inst., at his house in Sloane-street, ,„rillia anf• Ward, Esq., aged 86, f ormer l y clerk of the M erce rs' li n it `y r . On the 10th inst., J osep h Edwin, aged 17, so n of ' tioiu Charles, of Fleet -street. r consloi e ' On the 9th inst., at Heavitree, Devonshire , 0 . - Lier of Georgiana Amelia Boy 6, wife of Leutenant Charles LI. _A IN of the Bombay Army. relict of the late Brighton, Ben ' jaminStea,Es a q t . lence Wise ''tes c a A g e” On the 13th inst at P • f 00 0 On the 14th inst., at Margate, Richard, yo un g est bt° l4 William Ward, of Bi s h o p sga t e - s t ree t-Within. gang lco• On the 15th inst., at Oak-hill, Herts, Catherin,e_ d „ Clac ip g eldest d aug h ter of the late S i r S i mon H aug hton and ." a f t er P i , t he On the ll t h i ns t., at T on b r id ge - we lls, a few ho u L s a , t ing , o birth to a daught,r, Sarah, aged 9 6, wife of Mr. J . 11 , t 1 1461 London : Printed and Published by MURDO die 112, Strand, at 7'la Sun Office , No. 112, Stra nd, '" of Middlesex.—Friday, Augest 17,